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Bowl with cover

Manufactory Porcelain by Meissen Manufactory German
Mounts by Jean Écosse
ca. 1734
Not on view
Although porcelain has frequently been mounted in gilt bronze, examples set in gold are rare. This is the earliest known Meissen porcelain thus honored.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl with cover
  • Manufactory: Porcelain by Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Maker: Mounts by Jean Écosse (master 1705, died 1741/3)
  • Date: ca. 1734
  • Culture: German, Meissen with French, Paris mounts
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, gold
  • Dimensions: 4 × 8 3/8 in. (10.2 × 21.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.141.285a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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